Welcome to the Week in Rock, where we round up all of the headlines posted on this site over the past week two weeks. This edition includes items on R.E.M., Johnny Marr, The Cramps, The Cult, Abecedarians, Peter Hook, The Ocean Blue, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Church and more — including a new Pet Shop Boys giveaway.
SATURDAY, DEC. 1, 2012
Stream: Johnny Marr plays ‘Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What What I Want’ on BBC
FRIDAY, NOV. 30, 2012
Premiere: R.E.M. at Atlanta’s 688 Club, February 1981 — watch rare 40-minute set
‘120 Minutes’ Rewind: The Cramps’ Lux Interior, Poison Ivy talk to Dave Kendall — 1990
THURSDAY, NOV. 29, 2012
Free MP3: Chris Stamey of The dB’s, ‘Astronomy’ — first track off ‘Lovesick Blues’ LP
Video: The Cult, ‘Elemental Light’ (Salem Remix) — originally off ‘Choice of Weapon’
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 28, 2012
Abecedarians’ debut mini-LP ‘Eureka’ to be released on CD for first time
Video: Peter Hook tells the stories behind some of Joy Division’s classic songs
Stream: The Ocean Blue, ‘Blow My Mind’ and ‘A Rose Is A Rose’ — 2 brand-new tracks
TUESDAY, NOV. 27, 2012
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 98, first aired 11/27/12
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds to release new album ‘Push the Sky Away’ in February
Contest: Win Pet Shop Boys’ ‘Elysium’ on vinyl, set of ‘Leaving’ singles — and more
MONDAY NOV. 26, 2012
Kristin Hersh announces completion of first new Throwing Muses album in a decade
Video: The Church performs ‘Untitled #23’ album in full — preview of upcoming DVD
Download: Dinosaur Jr’s J Mascis talks, plays music on Marc Maron’s ‘WTF’ podcast
New releases: House of Love, Robin Guthrie, Douglas McCarthy, X-TG, Blow Monkeys
SUNDAY, NOV. 25, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/25/12)
FRIDAY, NOV. 23, 2012
Cherry Red preps ‘Scared To Get Happy: A Story of Indie-Pop 1980-1989’ 4CD box set
TUESDAY, NOV. 20, 2012
Playlist: Slicing Up Eyeballs on Strangeways Radio; Episode 97, first aired 11/20/12
Stream: The House of Love, ‘I Wanna Be Your Dog’ (Live) — Stooges cover
The Ocean Blue to release 2 new songs next week, play 2 live shows in January
MONDAY. NOV. 19, 2012
Download: Mastering engineer takes 2nd stab at Joy Division ‘Closer’ live bonus disc
The Fixx to join Psychedelic Furs’ run of New Year’s concerts in Las Vegas, California
Milestones: R.E.M. played sole ‘Automatic For the People’ concert 20 years ago today
New releases: Simple Minds, Dinosaur Jr, The Jam, The Pogues, Elvis Costello, Blue Nile
SUNDAY, NOV. 18, 2012
Playlist: Sirius XM’s ‘Dark Wave’ — hosted by Slicing Up Eyeballs (11/18/12)
